Karlee Thompson Birthworker

13/10/2025

As a doula, postpartum planning is something I take very seriously. This is a sacred time for the mother–baby dyad, a season where deep rest, bonding, and healing are meant to be held and honoured.

Community care plays a vital role in this. It’s not just about meals or help with the house (though those are so important), but about creating a strong circle of support so the mother can be fully cared for as she cares for her baby.

Thoughtful postpartum planning can include nourishing foods, bodywork, support with older children, mother-warming practices, household help, and more. These layers of care allow the mother to be nurtured, not depleted. This is how we honour birth and motherhood as sacred. Who will you invite into your sacred time? How will each person support you? How much time can they give? The list of questions to curate a secure postpartum plan is seemingly endless, and is somewhere that I love to help women.

The way I care for women including postpartum care is ever evolving, each family and each woman is so unique. Their needs vary as much as they do.

20/09/2025

Why Internal Pelvic Release?

Our pelvis is at the centre of so much — it holds and supports our bladder, bowel, womb and all the connective tissues around them. These tissues are designed to stretch, shift and adapt (pregnancy being the most incredible example of that!).

But just like in any part of the body, tension can build up. This tension might come from injury, posture, surgery, birth, stress, or even the way we hold emotions. We sometimes call it “issues in the tissues.”

When tissues are tight, movement, space and flow can feel restricted. With gentle internal work, that tension can be acknowledged and invited to soften. The body often responds with a kind of “sigh” — and in that release, more space and comfort can be found.

The va**na is a powerful, transformative space. Through its soft tissues, we can access the deeper connections that support and stabilise the whole pelvic bowl. With tender touch and breath, we can create a pathway for release and restoration.

17/09/2025

I am excited to share that I am now offering Internal Pelvic Release Work (IPRW).

This is gentle, client-led bodywork that helps release tension and holding patterns within the pelvis. Many women find it supportive during pregnancy, postpartum, or at any stage of life where they are seeking more ease and connection in their bodies.

What to expect:

A safe, respectful, and trauma-aware approach

Gentle internal release techniques

Integration with breath and relaxation

Space to process both the physical and emotional layers

IPRW is not about fixing, but about creating the conditions for your body to soften, release, and find balance.

If you’d like to learn more or book a session, please reach out.

10/06/2025

03/11/2024

The third trimester...

Looking back through my photos I spent a lot of time with women. Doing homeschool things and resting. This was a time where my mood was lifted, I was becoming increasingly excited and I knew my baby well.

He was physically my strongest little kicker and he moved around so much more than my other babies did inside. He flipped side to side and back to front and all around.

I did a lot of spinning babies through the third trimester. The moves felt so good, and brought connection with Sam as I taught him how to support me through them. Sometimes the kids would help me too, when Sam was at work. Being able to manage my own discomfort using these tools was so valuable to me! I had barely any pain and when I did it was easily resolved!

Elijah took up the role of house chef a lot of the time. Baking and cooking delish meals and snacks!

We went for a lot of walks and scooter rides at the strand and ate a lot of icecream 🍦

We tried to go camping a couple of times and headed home early each time because I just couldn't be away from home for long.

I spent a lot of time journalling and dreaming of my birth!! Sam said to me many times... make it a morning birth that's nice and quick and easy. I'd get so frustrated, this felt a lot like pressure of something I couldn't control.

Oh and I was planning my postpartum. I'd had beautiful births before, but I had never experienced a supported and nourished postpartum...because I had never planned for or asked for it. This time, that wojld be different and I knew exactly what I wanted and who could support me to achieve it!

In terms of pregnancy care...I attended regular chiropractic care, going from fortnightly visits to weekly visits, I saw Kate for acupuncture, Katrina continued to support me with homeopathy and I booked in with Carla Sage for some birthworker support.

30/10/2024

I was reflecting last night in the shower with Art how different my two freebirth pregnancies were. Oscar, invited me to connect with nature. To be with mother earth. To feel her power, pleasure and reassurance. We camped, we hiked, I lived at the beach at the pool on the sand and in the dirt. I rarely felt the need to be home.

Arthur, demanded connection with myself. Deeper and deeper I went. Barely leaving my bed unless I had to. I lay in my room, day after day... in a somewhat meditative state. Feeling my belly, feeling my baby, feeling my body... feeling, feeling, feeling. Slow, steady, still. I dreamed of an active pregnancy, fit and glowing. Instead, I felt heavy, slow and drained. When I surrendered to his pull of self-connection, it felt so much easier.

Every pregnancy, baby, birth and postpartum is different from the one before. Each child has a different journey to take you on. Are you prepared to surrender to the journey of motherhood? Allowing it to unfold and take you deeper than you've had the pleasure of experiencing?